Jessi Cucinello-Ragland, PhD, has been named a recipient of the 2024 NIH Outstanding Scholars in Neuroscience Award Program (OSNAP).
Cucinello-Ragland honored with 2024 NIH Outstanding Scholars in Neuroscience Award
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Anesthesiology members receive McDonnell Center grants to advance addiction, pain, and aging studies
Three researchers from the Department of Anesthesiology, Khairunisa Binte Mohamad Ibrahim, PhD, Kyle Parker, PhD, and Mitsukuni Yoshida, MD, PhD, are among the recipients of this year’s McDonnell Center for Systems Neuroscience Small Grants.
Advancing Opioid Research: Moron-Conception Lab Trainee to Present at the 17th Annual CounterACT Symposium
Brian Ruyle, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the Moron-Concepcion Lab, has been selected to present his research on opioid-induced respiratory depression at the 17th Annual Countermeasures Against Chemical Threats (CounterACT) Network Research Symposium. Additionally, he is one of just 10 trainees awarded a travel grant, providing him with the necessary funds to attend the event in Salt Lake City, Utah, on June 3-5, 2024.
Haroutounian named Preclinical Teacher of the Year
Simon Haroutounian, PhD, MSc, chief of the Division of Clinical and Translational Research (DoCTR) and chief of Clinical Pain Research at the Washington University Pain Center, has been honored with the Preclinical Teacher of the Year award by the graduating Class of 2024.
Introducing the 2024 ASSURE Fellows: Meet the Rising Stars in Biomedical Research (Links to an external site)
We are thrilled to announce the incoming 2024 cohort of Anesthesiology Summer Research (ASSURE) fellows, marking the fourth year of the program at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Sanofsky receives Junior Faculty Pediatric Anesthesia Research Award at AUA 2024 Annual Meeting
Benjamin Sanofsky, MD, MS Ed, instructor in anesthesiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, was selected as the recipient of the Junior Faculty Pediatric Anesthesia Research Award by the Association of University Anesthesiologists (AUA) during the 2024 AUA Annual Meeting on March 22-23 in St. Louis.
Lou receives Best Research Abstract at the World Congress of Anaesthesiologists
Sunny Lou, MD, PhD, an instructor in anesthesiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, was awarded first place in the Best Clinical Research Abstract competition at the World Congress of Anaesthesiologists meeting held in Singapore on March 3-7, 2024.
Mimicking exercise with a pill (Links to an external site)
Associate Professor, Bahaa Elgendy, PhD, and his colleagues are working to recapitulate the benefits of exercise with a pill. This discovery could lead to a new way to treat muscle atrophy and other medical conditions in people, including heart failure and neurodegenerative disease.
Revolutionizing Clinical Pain Research: A Shift Toward Patient-centered Engagement (Links to an external site)
The Initiative on Methods, Measurement, and Pain Assessment in Clinical Trials (IMMPACT), including Simon Haroutounian, PhD, MSc, and Katie Holzer, PhD, LCSW, brought together a diverse group of participants from academia, industry, funding and regulatory agencies, and people with lived experience (PWLE) of pain, to developed recommendations for advancing patient engagement in clinical pain research.
Pradhan elected to the American Headache Society Board of Directors
Amynah Pradhan, PhD, director of the Center for Clinical Pharmacology (CCP), has been selected as a Member-at-Large on the American Headache Society (AHS) Board of Directors for the 2024-2026 term. AHS is dedicated to improving the lives of individuals affected by migraine and other headache disorders, and collaborates with healthcare professionals, physicians, and advocates to advance research and […]